Topic started by anand (@ 210.18.90.1.sify.net) on Thu Jul 15 08:12:12 EDT 2004.
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1. Vettri Vizha - "Bourne Identity"
2. Michael Madana Kama Rajan - Khader Kashmiri's folk story. The climax, straight lift from Chaplin's "Gold Rush". Kamal was sued by Kashmiri over this.
3. Nammavar - "The Class of 1984"
4. Guna - Shades of "Rain man".
5. Nayakan - "The Godfather"
6. Avvai Shanmughi - "Mrs Doubtfire"
7. Thenali - "What About Bob?"
8. Panchathantiram - "Very Bad Things"
9. Satya - "Arjun"
10. Kuruthippunal - "Drohkaal"
11. Anbe Sivam - Shades of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
12. Vasool raja MBBS - "Munnabhai MBBS'

13. Kadhala kadhala - I forget the name.

any comments?

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• From: geno (@ 61.2.32.150) on: Mon Aug 16 15:32:17 EDT 2004
  
  Kumar!
  
  >> Sivaji did an excellent job in his role. >>
  
  Oh yeah! and his commanding and magnetic screen presence and charm in the "pArtha gnAbakam illaiyO" song would always linger in my memory!
  
  ukw!
  
  :=)))
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 203.63.55.177) on: Mon Aug 16 18:45:13 EDT 2004
  
  """Amazon.co.uk Review
  Not to be confused with the 2002 Matt Damon big-screen version, this adaptation of The Bourne Identity is a 1988 two-part TV miniseries based on the Robert Ludlum paperback bestseller. "How can I find out who I am if I've been turned into another person?", cries amnesiac Richard Chamberlain, fished... Read more"""
  
  Wow; So Bourne Identity (2002) was taken from Vettri Vizha which was taken from Bourne Identity (1988)! My God, what is this world coming to!
  ; )
  
  Next thing you'll hear is that Arunachalam is based on the Richard Pryor version of Brewster's Millions (1985) which is based on the Roscoe Arbuckle version of Brewster's Million (1921)which is based on the novel by Herschel Weingrod! Adenggggggappa!!!
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 203.63.55.177) on: Mon Aug 16 18:46:52 EDT 2004
  
  
  And please don't anybody drop a bomb on my head by saying that Bloodstone was taken from Romancing the Stone and Firewalker and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  
  geno,
  Yes, that scene alone in Puthiya Paravai was excellent. I also liked one bit where at the end, Sivaji confesses his crime; and as he is relating the story, he's crying and he actually takes out a handkerchief to blow his nose! I thought it was one of the most powerful and natural acting anyone has ever done!
  
  
• From: ukw (@ 128.252.181.24) on: Mon Aug 16 19:18:33 EDT 2004
  
  Plot Summary for
  Bourne Identity, The (1988) (TV)
  A man is washed ashore the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he cannot remember anything - He does not know his name, he does not know where flashback memories of violence come from, and he sure does not know why the access code of an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he searches for his identity, things soon become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels all around Europe, and, worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of a high class terrorist, Carlos.
  
  I thoght Vetri vizha had a similar plot, Kumar ;-))))
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 203.63.55.177) on: Mon Aug 16 21:29:03 EDT 2004
  
  ukw, you're right; it is similar- to a point. There was no Prahbu character, or Janakaraj (one of his funniest ever). And in the other way round, no microchip and Swiss Bank accounts. Nevertheless, it is the same- amazing!!
  
  PS: I noticed it was on TV, as you said. Was it ever broadcasted in Indian TV?
  
  BTW, I was reading the review of Bloodstone which followed the line of Romancing the stone, Firewalker, Raiders, etc, etc, the review said it was dubbed. I was pretty sure it was done in English with Rajini doing some bits in Tamil as well. Was it in English?
  
  
• From: ukw (@ 128.252.181.24) on: Tue Aug 17 10:31:18 EDT 2004
  
  Easy, Kumar!!! Blood stone is a piece of junk. IMO it is worse than any tamil movie and so it does not matter where it came from. Please dont remind me of that movie ;-))))
  
  
• From: naga (@ c-24-130-176-65.we.client2.attbi.com) on: Wed Aug 25 01:11:28 EDT 2004
  
  Who is not remaking??
  
  Gilli - remake from telungu
  Kaasi - ramake from malayalam
  Peralakan - remake from malayalam
  
  Why only hype for kamal???
  
  
• From: Indian in America (@ x130-65-37-200.sjsu.edu) on: Fri Sep 3 18:28:19 EDT 2004
  
  What's the problem if it's a remake? As long as they do justice to the script and screenplay, and as long as people like it, then it's a good movie too....Just calling a movie remake, and trying to pull it down, is another form of sterotyping, and you guys don't want to do it..
  
  

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